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News Articles: Perspective

The Giralda tower, part of the cathedral of Seville, viewed from Mateos Gago street.

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  • Europe

Tourism ruined my city. Tourism is saving my city

Seville in Spain is experiencing a tourism boom like locals have never seen before. This is the story of how a city tries to honor its past while ensuring its future.

January 09, 2024
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  • Miguel Macias
Will Shortz at home in Pleasantville, N.Y.

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  • Perspective

Perspective: Getting to know the Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz

Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe spent the day with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz to talk all things puzzle, table tennis, and a new chapter of his life.

January 05, 2024
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
Cowboys — and girls — were<em> everywhere</em> in 2023, from Beyoncé's mirrored Renaissance hat, to a new show about Black U.S. marshal Bass Reeves, to Margot Robbie (above) as Barbie.

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  • Pop Culture

Cowboys were everywhere this year — here's how an American icon was reclaimed

2023 represented a collective reclamation of the cowboy for those who have traditionally felt threatened or excluded by the archetype of the patriarchal, ruggedly individualistic gunslinger.

December 15, 2023
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  • Brittany Luse

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  • Food

Pittsburgh Baker Honors Asian Americans with Portrait Cookies

Lakshmi Singh hosts "The Sunshine Project," a new series available exclusively on the NPR app.

December 11, 2023
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  • Lakshmi Singh
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses a report on mental health and addiction during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta. The advocacy of Carter, who died Nov. 19 at age 96, created a framework for much of the progress on mental illness in America.

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  • Perspective

Rosalynn Carter's mental health advocacy changed journalism — and journalists

Aaron Glantz writes that he was adrift after years of reporting in Iraq and on the war's effects. His fellowship at The Carter Center and a pointed question from the first lady put him back on course.

November 27, 2023
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  • Aaron Glantz
Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos in the Broadway musical <em>Here Lives Love.</em>

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  • World

I investigated the crimes of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos — and loved 'Here Lies Love'

Journalist Lewis M. Simons, who won a Pulitzer Prize for investigating the hidden wealth of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, shares his thoughts after a sold-out Broadway matinee of Here Lies Love.

November 25, 2023
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  • Lewis M. Simons
<strong>Left:</strong> Jax Le, aka 'Jax The Poet', attended Philly FatCon in October. Jax is also the author of the book <em data-stringify-type="italic">Love Handles & Muffin Tops: Poems For Body Positivity & Plus Size Bodies</em>. <strong>Right:</strong> Maggie Clerkin also attended Philly FatCon and called the event felt "refreshing."

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  • National

Fat, happy and healed: A movement toward fat liberation

Organizers of Philly FatCon, Philadelphia's first ever fat-focused convention, set out to bring fat people together in a safe space last month.

November 21, 2023
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  • Jackie Molloy
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  • Perspective

The Unsung Hero who saved her from a devastating car crash

In this week's Unsung Hero, Thea Rhiannon thanks a stranger who saved her life after a car crash.

November 13, 2023
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  • Nellie Gilles
This video grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 19, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke covering the sky above the capital Khartoum.

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  • Music

Sudanese American rapper Bas on using music to cope with the brutal conflict in Sudan

One Sudanese American rapper has been so affected by the brutal conflict in Sudan, that he has turned to what he knows best — music — to express his sense of loss and frustration.

November 13, 2023
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
The Superstition Wilderness east of Phoenix, Arizona, extends over 140,000 acres of rugged desert and mountains.  Adequate preparation, maps and outdoor skills are required.

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  • Perspective

Autumn trek to a forest oasis deep in Arizona's Sonoran Desert

After a summer of heat above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the mountains east of Phoenix Arizona are finally cooling off. An NPR reporter hikes into the Superstition Wilderness.

November 08, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Phyllida Swift posing with her scar.

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  • Perspective

Should my Halloween costume include a fake scar? This activist says no

For some, scars aren't just Halloween costumes. One activist asks us to think twice before using them.

October 27, 2023
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  • Claire Murashima

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  • Health

I try to be a body-positive doctor. It's getting harder in the age of Ozempic

A physician decided to stop talking to patients about weight, and focus on health instead. But the new weight-loss drugs forced her to rethink how to help patients without feeding into stigma.

October 04, 2023
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  • Mara Gordon
A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero César Augusto Sandino<em> </em>during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

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  • Perspective

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

September 14, 2023
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  • Eyder Peralta
Greg Rosalsky looks at his new son in the hospital.

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  • Family

I'm a new dad. Here's why I'm taking more parental leave than my wife.

More than 70 percent of American fathers return to work less than two weeks after having a baby. Here is why I'm not one of them.

August 22, 2023
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery towards Russian positions near the eastern town of Bakhmut in November 2022.

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  • Europe

From drone videos to selfies at the front, Ukraine is the most documented war ever

NPR's Greg Myre has covered more than a dozen wars dating back to the 1980s. He says the conflict in Ukraine is the most documented war ever, providing a view we've never had before.

August 08, 2023
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  • Greg Myre
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